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By Lorena McCourtney (Guideposts Books)

While cleaning her office at the Sparrow Island Nature Conservatory, Abigail Stanton discovers a stunning blue diamond necklace hidden in her desk. Who could have hidden it there and why? Abby finds out that the jewel may be the famous Blue Moon diamond, and legend has it that anyone possessing this gem is doomed. Despite Abby`s attempts to keep the discovery quiet, the whole island is talking about it. Claims from “ owners” are flying in. Thugs threaten Abby.

By Lorena McCourtney (Fleming H. Revell)

She’s not your average crime fighter! Ivy Malone has a curiosity that sometimes gets her into trouble, and it’s only aggravated by her discovery that she can easily escape the public eye. So when vandals romp through the local cemetery, she takes advantage of her newfound anonymity and its unforeseen advantages as she launches her own unofficial investigation. Despite her oddball humor and unconventional snooping, Ivy soon becomes discouraged by her failure to turn up any solid clues. And after Ivy witnesses something ominous and unexplained, she can’t resist putting her investigative powers to work again. Even the authorities’ attempts to keep Ivy out of danger and her nosy neighbor’s match-making schemes can’t slow her down.

By Lorena McCourtney (Fleming H. Revell)

Super senior sleuth Ivy Malone is spunkier than Miss Marple, with a curiosity that just won’t quit. That inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Now Ivy’s headed across the country with a stray cat and God as her only companions. But just when she thinks she’s safe, two dead bodies turn up-discovered by Ivy, of course. A flock of emus, a survivalist outpost, and paintball are just a few of the strange things Ivy has to deal with in order to solve this latest crime.

By Lorena McCourtney (Fleming H. Revell)

Super sleuth Ivy Malone’s inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Still on the run from the mob, Ivy ends up in a small town in the Pacific Northwest with a broken-down motor home, a young traveling companion running from a violent husband, and a stray cat. With no way to fix their vehicle, Ivy and her companion are invited to stay in an old Victorian house by a compassionate young woman attorney. But when Ivy discovers that the former resident was murdered and that the prime suspect happens to be Ivy’s kind benefactor, she’s on the case-digging up clues and getting into plenty of trouble along the way.

By Lorena McCourtney (Thomas Nelson Inc)

A new “cozy mystery” series featuring a woman and her limousine!In the course of one week Andi McConnell turns sixty, loses her job, breaks up with her boyfriend, and receives an unexpected inheritance from an eccentric rich uncle–a sleek black stretch limousine with bulletproof windows. She knows it’s totally impractical–yet the limo has an allure that Andi can hardly resist. The allure is considerably dampened, however, with the discovery of a dead body in the trunk. So Andi joins forces with a nosy but charming former TV private eye in a bumbling and often hilarious attempt to find the killer. Fasten your seatbelt! Your Chariot Awaits is a perfect combination of mystery, mishap, and mayhem–with the quirkiest and funniest of chauffers who’s set to take you on the ride of a lifetime.

By Rachel Mcmillan (Harvest House Publishers)

From political danger to personal drama, life is about to get explosive. The legacy of literary icon Sherlock Holmes is alive and well in 1912 Canada, where best friends Merinda Herringford and Jem Watts continue to develop their skills as consulting detectives. The city of Toronto has been thrown into upheaval by the arrival of radical anarchist Emma Goldman.

By Rachel Mcmillan (Thomas Nelson)

“Maybe it was time to land straight in the middle of the adventure…”Hamish DeLuca has spent most of his life trying to hide the anxiety that appears at the most inopportune times — including during his first real court case as a new lawyer. Determined to rise above his father’s expectations, Hamish runs away to Boston where his cousin, Luca Valari, is opening a fashionable nightclub in Scollay Square.   When he meets his cousin’s “right hand man,” Reggie, Hamish wonders if his dreams for a more normal life might be at hand.   Regina “Reggie” Van Buren, heir to a New Haven fortune, has fled fine china, small talk, and the man her parents expect her to marry. Determined to make a life as the self-sufficient city girl she’s seen in her favorite Jean Arthur and Katharine Hepburn pictures, Reggie runs away to Boston, where she finds an easy secretarial job with the suave Luca Valari.

By Rachel Mcmillan (Harvest House Publishers)

Uncommon Heroes. or Unsuspecting Victims?Toronto, 1914. Merinda Herringford and Jem Watts never could have imagined their crime-solving skills would set them up as emblems of female empowerment in a city preparing to enter World War I at the behest of Great Britain.

By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Publishing, Inc.)

What’s a girl to do when she hates clowns but finds out her new boyfriend moonlights as a clown and is now accused of killing another clown?

By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Publishing, Inc)

Ivy Towers is working hard to get Miss Bitty’s Bygone Bookstore on its feet in Winter Break, Kansas, when she discovers a map hidden inside an old music box. Could the map lead her to the Lost Gambler’s Gold? The legend of the ill-fated 1860s gambler had circulated among residents for as long as Ivy can remember. But when Ivy follows the directions to where ?X” marks the spot, what she digs up uncovers a mystery that leads to more than she ever imagined. Lives will be changed, old secrets revealed, and Ivy will learn that lost treasure can sometimes turn out to be much more valuable than a chest full of gold.